Reed holder



April 21, 1925. 1,534,252

W. H. WAKEFIELD REED HOLDER Filed Feb. 11, 1924 INVEN'TOR\MH.WAKEF'IELD.

Patented Apr. 21, 1925.

U N M E g "l" OF F I C v'IAL'rER n. WAKEFIELD, or woacssree', mess-cuesTT'S, Assrenoa To mantras & nrfowtnsfroortrwoans, or wononsrnn,mssacaessers; A contaminants" inissiienesmrs;

REED HOLDER.

A neauoaeied February 11, 19% Serial nds'saip'soi- To all whom it may.concern Be it known-that L-WALTER=H. WAKE- FIELD,'.L" citizen oftheUnited statesyresidingatfWorcester in -the county'ofWorcesa ter' andState of Massachusetta have invented new" and useful Reed Holders,- ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invent-ion'relates'to loom reeds and more particularly. to animproved reed holder-whereby thereed mayibegiven a plurality of fixedvertical positions with respect to the lay.

. In "looms asordinarily constructed the layj'is provided with a slot inwhichis mounted a reed holder so formed as toireceive the lower part 1of the reed and there is also provideda handrail or reed cap into whichthe" top ofmthe reed extends. As weaving continues it is found that thewires or dents from whichthe reed is formed develop slight notches atthe point where the filling is beaten into the tell of the cloth; Inorder to avoid the formation of dents which would be deep enough tointerfere with the proper 25 layingof the weft it is common practice toreverse the reed and also to invert it so that one reed will presentfourbeating in surfaces to the tell of the cloth.

It isthe principal object of my invention to provide a reed holder soconstructed that the reed can be'given aplural'ity of fixed verticalpositions in addition to the positions which it'may assume because ofits reversal and inversion.

Another object of my invention is to provide a reed holderassociatedwith auxiliary deviceswhich serve not only to give the reed additionalvertical locations but may also be housed within the reed holder tobrace-the latter when not in use as a housingior the reed.

A further general object'of my invention is to provide means for varyingthe vertical position of the reed with respect to the plane of the clothand warp'at the time of beat up, the handrail or reed capibeingadjustable to accommodate the various positions of the reed.

With these and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention resides in the conibina tion andari'aiigeinent of parts hereinafter described and set forth in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings; wherein l have shown one form oiunyinvention;

Fig. 1 is a vertical central transverse-sec tion through aloom havinginvention applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section" through the lay and-reed cap'sh'owing'my' 60 invention on an enlargedscale; and

Figs: 3, 4 and5 arediagrainmatic views showing the reed" holder formingthe 'sub )ect inatterofiny invention indifl'erent= p0- SltlOIlSiReferring-to Fig. 1 it will be'seen that the 100m side supports Warpbeam 11 which delivers the warp 12*to the whip-"roll 13". The warppasses through harnesses 14:; which are here shownas in the positionthey '70 would occupy in a plain loom" with the' 'lay on front centeras'itwvou'ld" beat the time of heat up the lay prope'r 15, breast beam16, and takeupl? being ott the usual construction. Crankshaft-18 andcrankcon-= 75 nectors l9serve to'drive the lay 15, and swords 20 whichsupport the'lay may be conveniently mounted on rocker pins '21 in anyapproved manner. Referring more par ticularly to Fig: 2 it will be seenthat the so lay. israbbeted as at 22 toreceive'theback stay 23 having aslot 2dtherei-n fora put pose to be described. The swords have arms 25which are slotted asat 26 torece'ive bolts 27 which pass throughthehanduail s5 or-reed cap 28 and are held in position bymeans of wingednuts 29. An upper reed holder 30 is located in a slot formed on theunder face oft-he reed cap 28 andreceives the. upper end of the rced-31.Theme/6. 31 on may be of the usual construction commonin certain typesof looms weaving?finefabrics such as silk, but I do not wishto be-limited to this formof reed inasmuch as myii'nven t-ion lends itself toreeds of various types:

My invention relates more particularly to the reed holder shown indetail in -Figs. 2 to 5 and comprises a body. portion-40 which isprovided with a relatively deep-slot lland a relatively shallow slot 42.Asniall strip of wood or other suitable material indicated at 43 is ofthe proper width to be received by slots 41 and 42 without unduelooseness and has a vertical dimension when located in the holder whichis approximately one-half the difference between the depths of slots 41and 42.

When applying my invention to a loom the reed holder 40 will be insertedin the slot 24 with one of the slots therein uppermost, the slot'42facing upwardly as shown in Fig. 2. This position of the reed holdergives the reed its highest position and corresponds to the dia rammaticrepresentation shown in Fig. 4. Vhen the reed has been employed in thisposition until worn to an objectionable extent the reed holder may bewithdrawn and reinserted in inverted position as shown in Fig. 5 withthe strip 43 at the bottom of the slot 41. As indicated in the dottedline extending between Figs. 4 and 5 it will be seen that the bottom ofthe reed will now be somewhat lower than it was when in the positionindicated in Fig.

" 2. A third position can be secured by re moving strip 43 altogetherfrom slot 41 at which time the reed will rest on the bottom of slot 41and will be in its lowest position. As a matter of practical convenienceI have indicated that the strip 43 may be housed in thelower slot of thereed holder so that itwill not only be held against loss but will alsoreinforce the reed holder to prevent cracking of the same.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a very simpleholder by means of which the reed can be given several fixed verticalpositions, the particular arrangement shown herein permitting the reedto assume twelve different weaving positions. Although I have shown thereed holder as being provided with only two slots and a single strip 43yet I do not wish to be limited to this construction as the principleset forth herein can be extended to afford a greater number of settingsfor the reed than those indicated in the drawings. Furthermore, it ispossible for my invention to be practiced without the use of the strip43.

The reed holder has been shown herein as located in a slot formed in theback stay, but the latter is to be considered a part of the lay and inreading the appended claims it is to be understood that the holder maybe located in a slot formed in any part of the Having thus described myinvention it will be apparent that changes and modifications may be madetherein by those skilled in the artand I do not wish to be limited tothe details herein disclosed, but what I claim is:

1.111 a loom, a lay, a reed, and a reed holder located on the lay, saidholder having slots of unequal depth formed therein to receive thebottom of the reed, said holder being capable of assuming a plurality ofpositions on said lay to locate the bottom of the reed at a plurality oflevels with respect to the lay.

2. In a loom, a reed, a lay, a reed supporting element on the lay havinga slot therein to receive one side of the reed, and a holder for theother side of the reed spaced from said element and having. thereinslots of different depths, said holder being capable of assuming aplurality of positions with any one of the slots therein opposite thesaid element to receive the other side of said reed.

3. In a loom, a lay having a slot therein, a reed cap mounted on saidlay, a reversible reed holder in the slot in the lay, and a reedinterposed between the reed cap and reed holder, the reed holder havingslots in 0p posite portions thereof of different depths, eachproportioned to receive the lower portion of the reed and said reedcapbeing adjustable vertically to correspond to the vertical position ofthe reed when said reed is received by one or the other of said slots inthe reed holder.

4. In a loom, a lay having a reed, a slot formed therein, and a reedholder mounted in said slot and being reversible to lie in said slot ina multiple of positions, the holder having an upwardly facing slottherein for, each position thereof to receive the bottom of the reed,the slots in the holder being of difierent depths to vary the verticalposition of the reed.

5. In a loom, a lay, a reed, and means carried by the lay and capable ofassuming a plurality of different positions with re spect to the lay tohold one side of the reed, the vertical position of the reed withrespect to the lay being changed with each different angular position ofthe means.

6. A reversible reed holder for the lays of looms comprising a bodyportion having reed receiving slots therein of different depths.

7 In a loom, a. lay, a reed, a reed holder mounted on said lay andhaving a plurality of slots formed therein of different depths toreceive a portion of the reed, said holder being movable to present theslots, one at a time, to reed receiving position, and a devicereceivable by all of the slots inthe holder and so proportioned as toform with any slot in which it is located a slot the depth of which isdifferent from the depth of the other slots.

8. In a loom, a lay, a reed, a reed holder mounted on the lay and havinga; slottherein to receive a portion of the reed, the holder having alsoanother slot to receive a portion of the reed the depth of which isdifferent from the depth of the first named slot, and a device to bereceived by either slot the depth of which is approximately one-half thedifference in depth of the slots.

9. In a loom, a lay, a reed, areed holder on the lay having a pluralityof slots therein of different depths, said holder being capable ofassuming a plurality of positions with respect to the lay to locate anyone of the slots therein to receive one of the edges of the reed, and adevice receivable by any one of the slots to form a false bottom there-10 for and lessen the effective depth thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

WALTER H. WAKEFlIl'CLD.

